1. تقِلُّ رِمالُ الأنْعُمَيْنِ وعالجٍ

    إذا طلْحة الخيرات عُدَّتْ صنايعُهْ

    The sands of al-Anʿumayn and ʿAlij seem few

    When the benefactions of Talha of Good Deeds are counted.

  2. طليقُ المُحيَّا منْ مَعَدٍّ كأنَّهُ

    إذا ما انتدى صبحٌ جلته مطالعُهْ

    Cheerful-faced, of Maʿadd, as though he were

    When he joins the gathering, a dawn unveiled at its rising.

  3. يَفِرُّ الأذى والمحلُ من نفس جاره

    إذا عَرَّقتْ أحداثُهُ ومجاوعُهْ

    Harm and dearth flee his neighbor's very being

    When his misfortunes and spells of hunger have stripped him to the bone.

  4. حسامٌ وطودٌ مُرهفٌ عند راجحٍ

    تُهابُ غِرارهُ وتُعْيي فَوارعُهْ

    A sword and a mountain: keen-edged and weighty;

    His edge is feared, and his towering peaks defy ascent.

  5. يخفُّ إلى ضرب الجماجم في الوغى

    ويرسو إذا ما الخطب هاجت زعازعُه

    He hastens to strike skulls in the fray,

    And stands firm when adversity's gales rage.

  6. ويسْتنُّ في الجدوى كما استن عارضٌ

    تنوضُ بأرْجاء الحَبيِّ لَوامِعُهْ

    And races forth in bounty as a rain cloud races,

    Its lightning flashes leaping along the edges of the piled-up clouds.

  7. أغَرُّ عليه عَبْقَةٌ زَيْنَبيَّةٌ

    لها أرجٌ في الحيِّ يَفْغَمُ رادعُه

    Radiant, with a fragrance of Zaynab upon him,

    Its scent pervades the tribe; its fragrant trace fills the nostrils.

  8. تضوعُ بمعْسولِ الشَّمائلِ ماجدٍ

    دقاقٌ معانيه ضِخامٌ دَسائعُهْ

    It wafts from a noble man of honey-sweet disposition,

    His qualities subtle, his gifts immense.